Fierce Healthcare March 19, 2021
Over the past several years, health insurance companies have increasingly made large investments in their health and wellness programs for both individual members and company benefits packages.
Cigna, Aetna and Cambia Health Solutions, among others, have all launched new programs and partnerships that offer incentives and rewards based on activities like meeting fitness goals, scheduling annual wellness exams and connecting with health coaches.
Many assume workplace wellness programs contribute to healthier employees, thereby helping to bring down medical costs and insurance premiums. But how well are wellness programs achieving business and patient health outcomes? Recent research published in JAMA indicates that wellness programs are driving minor advances in areas like employee weight management and regular exercise.
They aren’t, however, making...
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